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The students are seen constantly cheering Pradip Basu, Professor of political science, as he delivers his fiery speech criticising PM Modi, the BJP government and its policies.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will unfurl the party's flag at the AICC headquarters in the national capital to mark the occasion, while former party chief Rahul Gandhi will address a rally in Assam's Guwahati.

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Additional Superintendent of Police Satyendra Tomar said some people gathered in Fulbagh Square in the afternoon, holding banners and placards against the CAA and the NRC without a permission for holding a protest.

Of the 785 eligible voters, only six people – the only Dalit residents of Pitchavilai village -- voted in the polls after the panchayat president’s post was reserved for Dalit women.

The BJP is creating awareness among people that the the Act intends to help the minorities from neighbouring countries who have faced religious persecution, Fadnavis said.

Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that since both houses of the Parliament have cleared the Act and the President of India has given his nod, the law has come into force.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said people from every religion, tribals, dalits and backward classes must together for the effective functioning of the economy.

As the farmers decided to stay back overnight, police removed tents put up for the protest. However, the farmers and their families, who had been staging the dharna during the day time for the past one week, refused to move in view of the cabinet meeting,...

A bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Sindhu Sharma also emphasised upon the need to take disability audits by the two UT governments in their respective territories.

Bondita Bora, a teacher in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in Titabar, was suspended on Tuesday for 'unauthorised participation' in anti-CAA protests between December 10 and 16.

Condemning the house arrests, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu said the Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSR Congress Party government in the state will pay for its "unilateral, dictatorial and suppressive attitude".

Huge swarms of locusts, arriving from desert areas of Pakistan, descended in Banaskantha, Mehsana, Kutch, Patan and Sabarkantha districts over the last few days and attacked crops.

This is the first time that Rawat, who is set to retire on December 31, has spoken against the nationwide protests against the Citizenship Act.

Plastic waste materials were stored on the ground floor of the four-storey building in Krishna Nagar area, while people lived on the the upper floors and it had only a single staircase.

Siddiqullah Chowdhury was scheduled to visit Bangladesh from December 26-31 to address a programme and for 'some personal commitments'.